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Moksha
Etymology 1
Cognate with Erzya ашо (ašo); SKES 45a tentatively suggests a possible link with Finnish ahka, hahkea, haahkea , Estonian ahka (“eider”) , ahk (“gray”), Eastern Mari ошо, ошы (ošo, ošy), Southern Khanty аш (aš, “white clay, chalk”); UEW 3 suggests Proto-Uralic *ačka (“white”); Veršinin considers linking with Tatar ак (aq, “white”) impossible.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɑkʃɑ/
Adjective
акша • (akša)
- white
Etymology 2
Perhaps from a Turkic language, compare Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, “money”).
Noun
акша • (akša)
- ruble (the currency of Russian Federation)
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
рубль — акша, цалковай, рубль- rubľ — akša , calkovaj, rubľ
- ruble — ruble, ruble, ruble
Declension
Indefinite declension of акша
Definite declension of акша
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 11
Further reading
- Indefinite paradigm of акша (akša) in O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 18
Tuvan
Etymology
Cognate with Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, “money”), Kazakh ақша (aqşa, “money”), Turkish akçe (“coin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐ̰k̠.ʃɐ/, /ɐ̰ʃ.k̠ɐ/
- (dialectal) IPA(key): /ɐ̰ʃ.x̠ɐ/
Noun
акша • (akşa) (definite accusative акшаны, plural акшалар)
- money
- (by extension) ruble (national currency of Russia)